WASHINGTON: The US Justice Department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school — the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month. In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said a DOJ investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much higher chance of admission to the medical school than white or Asian students, despite having lower grade-point averages and lower test scores.

The Justice Department on Thursday accused the Yale School of Medicine of circumventing the Supreme Court ban on race in admissions by using racial proxies to select applicants.

The Justice Department is accusing Yale University of illegally considering race in its medical school admissions.